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Benefits of an Exclusively Multimaster Deployment of Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6

Michael Melore, June 2008

Introduction

One of the significant features of Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6 is that it allows unlimited master directory servers. This document describes the benefits of deploying an exclusively multimaster topology instead of a master, consumer, and replication hub topology.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Legacy Master Read-Operation Usage Models
  • Limited Server Architectures
  • Applications That Conduct Read and Write Operations
• Enhanced Directory Server 6 Features for Write Operations
  • Write Referral Risk and Mitigation
  • Considerations for Directory Server 6 Multimaster Deployments
• Directory Server 6 Consumer Directory Deployment Models (Read Only)
  • Fractional Replication Consumer Directory Server Model
  • Highly Secured Consumer Directory Server Model
  • Lightweight Consumer Directory Server Model
• Comparison of Exclusively Multimaster and Multimaster-to-Consumer Topologies
• Example of Exclusively Multimaster Directory Server 6 Topology

For More Information

Here are additional resources:

• Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition downloads
• Sun training courses at /http://www.sun.com/training/:
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.x: Maintenance and Operations (DIR-2337D)
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.x: Analysis and Planning (DIR-2217)
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition: LDAP Concepts (WMT-DIR-1344)
  • Sun Java Identity Management Suite: Integrated Solutions (SEM-IDM-1482 and WMT-IDM-1482)
• Support:
  • Register your system with Sun Connection
  • Services
  • SunSolve Online
• Java Enterprise Systems forums
• Related documents at http://docs.sun.com:
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 documentation collection
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.1 documentation collection
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.0 documentation collection
• Sun Java System Directory Server wiki
• Related web sites and articles:
  • BigAdmin Sun Java Enterprise System hub
  • Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition web site
• Events of interest to users of Sun products

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